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Coming to The Game Fair this July? If so come visit ATA Lodge's Stand! We will be centrally located in the fair and turning our Stand into an Alaskan Fishing Lodge with Celebrity Fisher-people, Quality Fishing Gear, Fly Tying, Amazing Alaskan Fish Replicas and of course information about ATA Lodge's Amazing Fishing and Wildlife Viewing Opportunities available on the Alagnak Wild River! Make your Dream Alaskan Fishing Trip come True! ATAL... A True Alaska Lodge!www.atalodge.com

And a River Runs Through It Musings of a man mesmerized by a river the Wild and Scenic Alagnak River. Wild landscapes that span tundra, forests, lakes and mountains. Home to the largest population of brown bears on the planet!  Majestic beasts that are drawn to the abundant salmon of this mighty river.  Flowing out of the Katmai National Park and into Bristol Bay, a Land of Volcanoes and home to the The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, an area of lava flows and ash formed by a massive volcanic eruption of over a century ago. And the river flows through it.  Always moving, always giving you a different perspective on this savagely awe inspiring land! There's just something about a...

Alaska Trophy Adventures Lodge will be exhibiting at the 1st ever London Fly Fishing Fair in Islington, North London.  The venue for this event which takes place from 9 am March the 10th through 6 pm March 11, will be the Business Design Centre on 53 Upper Street, London N1 0QH. I will be giving a talk at about 10:30 am each day about Fishing Opportunities on the Alagnak Wild River, home to ATA Lodge inside the World Famous Katmai National Park and Preserve! I hope to see you there!

Prepare to be amazed by the spectacle of natural beauty and wonder of The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. ATAL offers flight seeing tours over and down into this amazing natural phenomenon. On June 6, 1912, a new volcano emerged on the Katmai landscape and forever altered this region. For 60 hours, a volcano later named Novarupta sent ash into the sky as high as 20 miles (30 km). Ash and pumice from the eruption also rushed down the Ukak River valley as pyroclastic flows and surges moving at more than 100 miles per hour (160 kilometers per hour). (source nps.gov) The Ukak River valley was transformed into 40 square miles (64 square kilometers) of barren ash. Heat trapped in...

As if 200 miles of fish-able water, over 40 miles of 3 different Rivers were not enough (all within easy access to the lodge by jet boat) - ATA Lodge offers many exciting "Add On" Adventures that you can choose from. We can't imagine you getting tired of our own "piece of paradise" during your stay with us, but should you wish to "Add On" an extra adventure or two to your package, you will be able to explore all of the very best of what the Katmai National Park and surrounding Bristol Bay Region has to offer the Intrepid Adventurer!   Not only can we get you in to fish other remote lakes, rivers and streams across the region by doing either Fly...